“Preserve untarnished the reputation you have so nobly won.”
Part of Forrest's last address to his men, 1865. As quoted in May I Quote You, General Forrest? by Randall Bedwell.
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Reporters and editors luncheon address (2007)

“It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.”
Part III, The Mayors, section 2
Source: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation (1951)

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Aphorisms (1765-1799), Notebook K (1789-1793)

1940s, Victory broadcast (1945)
Context: We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph, and from both we have learned there can be no turning back. We must go forward to preserve in peace what we won in war.
A new era is upon us. Even the lesson of victory itself brings with it profound concern, both for our future security and the survival of civilization. The destructiveness of the war potential, through progressive advances in scientific discovery, has in fact now reached a point which revises the traditional concepts of war.

Me & Rumi (2004)

“How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made!”
The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (1858)

Speech at the at the 74th UN General Assembly. Statement by Mr. Jair Messias Bolsonaro, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil http://statements.unmeetings.org/GA74/BR_EN.pdf. United Nations PaperSmart (24 September 2019).

“And if you threaten my reputation, oh well, I'll have to ruin yours!”
"Letters from Zedelghem", p. 76
Cloud Atlas (2004), Letters from Zedelghem (Part 1)
Original: (fr) Et si vous nuisez à ma réputation, eh bien, il faudra queue je ruine la vôtre!

Martin Seymour-Smith Guide to Modern World Literature (London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1973] 1975) vol. 1, p. 337.
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